Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star Rebecca Ferguson has signed on to play real-life figure Ruth Harkness in the period drama The Lady and the Panda. The film is directed and co-written by Justin Chadwick with production set to begin in the Himalayas in China next month.

Rachel, who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

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Rachel spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there & becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

Rebecca Ferguson is the first actor announced to star in the Skydance sci-fi film Life. The film will be directed by Daniel Espinosa and the script will be penned by Deadpool scribes, Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese.

After Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation‘s epic summer at the box office, the team behind the film are hoping to keep the squad together for the sixth installment with writer-director Christopher McQuarrie rumored to be considering a return.

Rising star and leading man Luke Evans has been tapped for a key role, a part that Jared Leto was once circling. Evans will be playing the husband of Megan (Haley Bennett), who becomes a suspect after her disappearance.

Ferguson takes on the role of Anna, the current wife and former mistress of Rachel’s ex-husband. Ferguson became a hot name after stealing the show in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and has since become a highly sought-after talent.

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